Suspected Chinese serial killer 'sold human flesh as ostrich meat'

Suspected murderer Ma Jiajue, 23, in police custody after he was arrested in Sanya city, southern China's Hainan province, Mar. 15, 2004. Ma is suspected of killing four of his university classmates and stuffing their bodies into a dormitory closet where they were found days later decomposing, as China has been shocked by a spate of murders over the past four months including the high-profile case of a serial killer responsible for the deaths of 67 people.

Police in China have arrested a man suspected of killing and eating young men, and selling their flesh to unsuspecting consumers at the local market.

He is suspected of chopping up their bodies and feeding the human flesh to his dogs, as well as selling it and eating it himself.

A 19-year-old man from a nearby village who went missing April 25 has been confirmed murdered, a police spokesman told Xinhua. A cell phone, bank card and other evidence said to have belonged to the young man, named as Han Yao, were found in Zhang's home, police said.